Q34E
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Leucine, one of the twenty amino acids found in proteins, is metabolized by a pathway that includes the following step. Propose a mechanism.
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The leucine is metabolized by the given pathway.
1Leucine
Leucine is one of the twenty amino acids found in proteins.
2Mechanism
The mechanism for the given reaction is,
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